Star Catcher
26-05-2014, 12:20 AM
Hi All
Whilst at the SPSP2014, on the 23rd of May around 12.45am, several of us witnessed an unusual plume and accompanying object in the western sky near Corvus, heading north at about 2 degrees per minute.
The diffuse object was easily visible to the naked at about the same apparent size and magnitude as the beehive cluster.
The consensus amongst the observers is that what we saw was a rocket plume and booster stage possibly being lit by the moon that was to rise 45 minutes later. I have attached a image of what we saw. Thanks.
Ted
Whilst at the SPSP2014, on the 23rd of May around 12.45am, several of us witnessed an unusual plume and accompanying object in the western sky near Corvus, heading north at about 2 degrees per minute.
The diffuse object was easily visible to the naked at about the same apparent size and magnitude as the beehive cluster.
The consensus amongst the observers is that what we saw was a rocket plume and booster stage possibly being lit by the moon that was to rise 45 minutes later. I have attached a image of what we saw. Thanks.
Ted